Tuesday, December 7, 2010

I'm 40!
Happy Birthday to Me! :)

Whoo hoo! I'm freaking 40! Now that I'm part of the 40-49 demographic bubble, I'm asking you for a favor...

You know that person in the office or group of friends that loves birthdays? You know, the one who makes cakes and banners for cubicles? The crazy lady who yells out "Happy Birthday" with a huge smile when the birthday boy or girl walks in? Well, if you haven't figured it out yet, that's me. I love birthdays because it is your little special day.

I love when people stop by and yell out Happy Birthday. I've been known to let it slip that it's my birthday when I'm out...(well, I just flat out tell people at the counter ;). I'm not into birthdays for the parties or gifts (not that I turn them down...hee hee), but I seriously love having people say "Happy Birthday" on my birthday.

So, if you are lurker who's read this blog and never, ever comments, now is your time to come out of the woodwork and send me a birthday greeting! Yes, I'm full-on asking for birthday messages to carry me into my 40's! Also, I would love to hear where you are from too! (I was shocked to have so many international Bundt makers...I would love to get birthday greetings from far and wide! Squeal!)

I hit two bakeries this morning, and going out with friends for lunch and dinner. I'll report back on the fun!
- mary the 40 year old Food Librarian

P.S. The yummies are a mocha cake roll (of course, no frosting!) and strawberry mochi (filled with fresh strawberries and whipped cream) from J&J Bakery.

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Happy Birthday from Cleveland OH! Have a great day!!!! I also need your help. Do you have an online site for buying Green Tea Matcha powder? I spent two days looking around grocery and health food stores and came up empty handed. Thanks!

Happy Birthday from Cleveland, OH! Have a great day! I also need your help. Do you have an online site for me to buy Green Tea Matcha powder? I spent two days looking at grocery and health food stores and I came up empty handed. Cleveland doesn't really have a Japanese store. Thanks!

It's funny that you posted this special request, because I only saw your post title in my RSS feed and aside from the fact that I feel especially good today, I decided to come in here just to post on the occasion. So, to my delight in seeing your actual desire was for me to make myself heard, HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU!!!! Your blog, along with so many other great food blogs keep my day going and I just wanted to personally thank you for your great work here. It's my first time posting too!

Happy birthday Mary!! I'm from the 'burbs of LA but originally came from Nantes, France, so the wishes are a little exotic I guess!I love your blog! And if you ask me, 40 is the new 29. So enjoy your special day!

Happy, happy birthday, Mary! From Seattle... you and I have actually met before - I'm a friend of your old roommate Agnes'. I've since moved to the great NW - and I miss JJ Bakery terribly. We used to go to the one in Arcadia whenever we visited my MIL - which was all the time.

Happy, Happy Birthday! And congratulations on 40! (I just hit 30, and already can't wait for the next milestone.) I loved the Bundts, and baked one here in Elizabethton, TN (never got around to blogging it, but had a great time, just the same =)

Happy Birthday Cake&Book Girl! I love my birthday too and I've got more than a decade on you! I love books and cake too so of course, when I recently found your blog (on Bundt Day) I found a young (!) cybersis!

Many, many, many happy returns of the day (my favorite birthday expression), FoodLibrarian!

A very very happy birthday to you! From a former Orange Countian, who then moved all over the place and ended up in the Philly burbs, who also loves baking and books, I hope today is everything you've wished for!

Happy Birthday Mary! Hope that you have a special day. I will be going to Starbucks tomorrow to get my free drink for my birthday - Spent this morning at the DMV getting a new license and we will be taking Lily to the Nutcracker for my actual birthday on Sunday (and hopefully to cake love for a piece of cake!) So again - a very happy birthday to my fellow librarian and December birthday!

Happy Birthday Mary! As someone who has met you in person I have to say you don't look a day over 30. You are fabulous and awesome and a total inspiration! Have a wonderful day and a fantastic year ahead!

Happiest of Birthdays Mary! I found your site through your stained glass jello post and I freakin love the Big Bundts month. Baking is intimidating to me, but I love to lurk and dream of being good at it. :) It's your bday, let them eat cake!

I love the mochi - that looks great! Happy birthday from about 30-100 minutes south of you, depending on traffic. And actually, a colleague of mine told me she follows you on twitter. It was a pleasant surprise to find that a friend of mine also follows you! :)

Happy Birthday from The Big Apple! I went through the big 5-0 this past summer; take my word: 40 is nothing!

Though I am an English teacher, I got an MLS a few years ago, thinking I would be switching over to be a Media Specialist, but it never happened. Still, we share that, as well as a love for baking. Hope you enjoy your special day!

Happy Birthday from Fremont, California! I don't mean to creep you out or anything, but my friend goes to your mochi-making and she brought me some of that great mochi last year! Try it fried in butter and wrapped in Korean nori. Good stuff...

Oh, my dear lord, look at all of your wonderful birthday messages from around the world!!! Mary, you are very, VERY loved!!! Sending you big hugs and birthday kisses from your best fans in Falls Church, VA...Racheal, Lee, Caden, Jake, Elwood and Sampson McCabe xoxoxo

Happy Birthday.December birthdays are the best!Mine is the 4th.I got a cookie press for my birthday, and made 150 cookies for my clinic.I live and work and cook in Chicago, IL.I'm hoping for bundt pans for Christmas.

Happy birthday!!!!!! I have been loving the month of bundts and was sad to see it come to an end. I love reading how you celebrated today. Happy 40th! (I don't post much but I am a huge fan of your blog!)

Happy birthday. I've been following your blog for quite a while now and have enjoyed reading all your posts and seeing all the delicious things you make (especially your 30 days of bundts). I'm from Hawaii but now live in L.A.

Happy birthday - hope it was wonderful and with lots of cakes! Best of wishes from a blogging and gluttonous penguin in Sydney, Australia - and thanks for introducing me to the world of (big) bundts :)

Happy happy birthday from chilly Ithaca, NY, Mary! I've been following your food adventures since I started library school two years ago and someone told me that there was this awesome librarian who was obsessed with bundts... and I'm so glad I found you!

I hope you had a wonderful birthday! I don't remember now how I stumbled upon your blog, but I've been following for at least a couple of years now. Thank you for introducing me to Dorie, Sky High Cakes, bundts, etc. etc. From a fellow foodie librarian in Lubbock, Texas.

Have a happy happy day, from a bundt maker in Utah. Birthdays are the best. Years ago my 3 year old woke the morning after her birthday and announced with a sad face, 'My birthday's over'. So...enjoy the day!

Happy Birthday Sweet Food Librarian! I barely remember 40, being deep into motherhood. Car pools, PTA, and the grind of three meals a day. Where ever you're at in your life cycle, I hope you get a day to catch your breath and prepare for the whirlwind ahead. Fifty is even better.

I don't cook or bake, I'm not a librarian, and I'm a long way past 40 but I love your blog and all the beautiful pictures. I often send my mom one of your cake recipes and say wouldn't it be nice if 'someone' made this cake (sort of like the way you grow veggies). Sheri :)

Well dangit, I wished you well as you celebrated your last few hours of being 30-something. Then I didn't make it over here yesterday.You're still 40 though, so I guess it should still count---Happy Birthday, Mary! Have fun in your 40's. I am! (I used to live in Kansas, but we moved to Utah this past summer.)You rock.

Happy (belated) Birthday to the not-so-shy Mary. Yes, that's the way to go.. pursue it and not be abashed by it. Happy Birthday once again. Sorry for the late greeting.. was away for a week and then busy with settling down again when we got back. I hope you had a great day Ms. 40 year old Mary.